Border Security Command funding to double to £150m to ‘smash the gangs’
People smuggling should be viewed as a global security threat "similar to terrorism", Sir Keir Starmer has said in an...
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Migrants stuck in ‘abhorrent’ conditions on Chagos Islands may have chance to be moved to UK
Dozens of migrants living in "abhorrent" conditions on the Chagos Islands may now be offered the chance to be transferred...
Priti Patel makes comeback in Kemi Badenoch’s shadow cabinet
Dame Priti Patel has made a comeback as Kemi Badenoch has appointed her shadow foreign secretary, Sky News understands.Ms Badenoch,...
Who’s who in Kemi Badenoch’s new shadow cabinet?
After emerging victorious in the Tory leadership race, Kemi Badenoch is unveiling her top team in her new shadow cabinet.Ms...
University tuition fee rise branded ‘morally wrong’ – as Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson defends increase
The education secretary has said no decision has been made on whether university tuition fees will increase with inflation each...
Huw Edwards’ sentence not eligible for review as MPs criticise ‘leniency’
The London Victims' Commissioner has called for it to be easier to appeal lenient sentences after it emerged the case...
Record number of GP appointments to have four-week waits this year
A record number of GP appointments will have four-week waits this year, new data shows.There were 10.3 million waits of...
Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey is ‘sceptical’ of the case for assisted dying for ‘quite personal’ reasons
Sir Ed Davey has said he is "sceptical" of the case for assisted dying in the UK, but agreed MPs...
Starmer to explore Albania migration deal as he meets Italian PM after appointing new border security chief
Sir Keir Starmer is hoping to learn lessons from the right-wing Italian government today as he holds meetings in Rome...